Clarion 1942-03-11 Vol 21 No 12

THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XXI. No. 12 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) March 11, 1942
Plea for Clean Halls
"If you throw paper on the
floor at home, do so here. We
want you to be happy!"
Thus read a scrawled notice in
the CLARION office. It stayed pin-ned
to the bulletin board two
months. By that time the editors
felt sufficiently reprimanded—and
sure that they would not violate
common courtesy again—and so
removed the sign.
Bethel's student body is in need
of the same reprimand. Next time
you tear or wad paper and drop it
on the floor in the hall think of the
aforesaid notice and act as your
conscience dictates.
ILife5 bapbreaming
All Paths Lead Upward IF We Keep the Faith
Two peasants sat on the sand dunes watching the moon
one night. It sailed through the dark sky, a golden balloon, and
they began to wonder how large it was, if its field were rich
and its rivers deep.
"It is large," the legend tells us one peasant said. "So large
that it is huge as the king's domain."
"That is large indeed," the other answered, and thought of
the palaces and villages and farms which the great king ruled.
"If I were rich enough to own the moon, ah, that would be won-derful!
I would not keep it all to myself, however. Unto you
and your sons I would give one-half of it."
"You would be kind," the other answered. "And which
would be my half?"
"The western, I think."
Overheard In An Orchard
Said the Robin to the Sparrow:
"I should really like to know
Why those anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so?"
Said the Sparrow to the Robin:
"Friend I think that it must be
That they have no Heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me."
—Elizabeth Cheney
"But I prefer the eastern!"
"But that is the part I have reserved for myself and my
sons!"
They began to quarrel. The first peasant accused the sec-ond
of stealing his land—the golden acres on the watching moon
—and the second killed him for it. Quarreling over the moon!
It is a sad and ridiculous story, yet we waste so much of our
time in useless endeavors to claim something that is not ours.
There are visions enough, dreams and ambitions and hopes
enough, to satisfy the whole world. We would not take a cherry
pie or a- string of blue beads away from another, but we seem
to have no compunction so often we step on a heart. Always
one can make another pie or buy a handful of beads for re-stringing,
but when a heart is hurt it takes much ointment to
make it well.
We get back our mete as we measure an old poem tells us.
When we are jealous the unhappiness permeates our minds and
our work. It stamps us. When we walk light-hearted—light-heart-ed
though the way is hard and a sorrow or two may be there—
because we know that all paths lead upward if we keep the
faith, we shall not have time to deplore our lot in comparison
with another's. How does the girl who writes cooking stories
know that she would like to interview people?
Oh, the great joy of trying always to be kind and thoughtful
of others! And how much grief one makes for himself and
those about him when he is unjust!
We are responsible only for that which we have, that which
we do. If we measure up we shall be rewarded royally whether
we lived in a world whose horizons were far-flung or were
bounded by the country lanes that surrounded the prairie
village.
Don't cry for the other side of the moon! Make a garden in
your own patch and watch the flowers grow!
"And if the Dream Is Good and True and Fine, We Shall Come
Singing Over the Ocean or Up the Hills to the Last Far City."
We give our lives for a dream and never mind the price.
We toss the torch to the one who rides after us, wave a gay
farewell, and turn to the strange road, not afraid of the many
A War Ago at Bethel
The CLARION was not the
CLARION at all it was called "The
Bethel Herald," "Acorn" ock "Sem
inarie-Posten" forenade.
Linus Johnson wrote the first
article in the March 1918 number.
It was called "Den Uppstandne
Kristus".
J. G. Johnson and Fred Moberg
also contributed numbers to var-ious
1917-18 issues.
DID YOU EVER THINK—
A match has a head but no face.
A watch has a face but no head.
A river has a mouth but no ton-gue.
A wagon has a tongue but no
mouth,
An umbrella has ribs but no
trunks.
A tree has a trunk but no ribs.
A clock has hands but no arms.
A rooster has a comb but no
hair.
A rabbit has hair, but no comb.
Odd, isn't it?
--ex.
UNDER PERSONALS
—Spring is here. Have you tho't
of joining the Garden Club yet?
ADVERTISERS:
S. Berglund Lumber Co. is the
only firm that advertised with the
CLARION then and . . .Now.
ATHLETICS .
Bethel sponsors a UNIFORMED
football team—but INTEREST was
lacking!
(Continued on page 3)
windings and the welcome at
the last gate if it has been a
worthy cause in which we
fought and our consciences have
been at peace.
There was Jane Addams, who
gave her life to the children in
the slums of Chicago. She could
have had no fear as she saw
the familiar doorways forever
.losing. There was Florence
Nightingale, who put away all
thought of self as she went into
the Crimea, cleaned out the
military hospitals, and took care
of the soldiers so well that the
officials decided that women
might go freely into hospitals to
render aid in time of war.
There have been so many hun-dreds
of missionaries who have
followed the pattern of the One
who went about Galilee and
Samaria, preaching, teaching
and healing that the road on
'rhich they come to the city of
many mansions must be always
echoing to the footsteps of
somebody coming. Perhaps
they sight one another down the
way.
There is something royal and
kind and wonderful about being
a Christian who serves God and
humanity well. Death loses its
terror, little though we wish to
die until we have fulfilled our
place in this world and exper-ienced
its joys and sorrows,
good pain and merry laughter.
Sometimes I wonder if Christ-ians
.see one another coming in,
and if those who have been
there a long time watch at the
gates for the people they used
to love.
We have home-comings of
great joy, now, when families
get together after a long absen-ce,
or classes hold reunions on
the campuses where the star-light
once shifted on a vision's
dawn and a dream's ending.
How much more wonderful it
will be to be reunited in a city
of unending joy and unending
separation!
We give our lives for a
dream! And if the dream is
good and true and fine, we shall
come singing over the ocean or
up the hills to the last far city.
Back in 1920 there were wo-men
who picketed the White
House, went to jail and con-ducted
hunger strikes because
they believed that women
should have the right to vote.
We admire their courage, but,
after all, it was only a transient
thing they sought. Ours is a
higher mission. We seek the
right to lead all people into a
kingdom where the children' of
the King have equal rights.
We seek the right to fight in a
cause which will make men and
women better citizens in the
kingdom of heaven.
—by Helen Welshimer
Frosh Sponsor
Skating Party
Monday, March 16, the Oxford
Roller Rink has been reserved by
the freshman class to sponsor a
roller skating party for the Twin
City Baptist Young People and the
Bethel student body. Rune Ment-zer
is in charge of the affair.
Only those holders of reserved
tickets will be allowed admittance
by the management. The class will
realize a ten cent profit on each
ticket sold. The purchaser will pay
ten cents to the seller—and twenty
three cents at the gate.
Skating will be possible during
the hours 7:30-10:30 p. m. Special
musical numbers will be played on
the electric organ upon request.
Freshman selling tickets are:
Elbert Walker, Charlotte Sandin,
Mary Ellen Lundquist, and Rune
Mentzer. Others are selling to
various churches,
The rink is reserved for a hun-dred
ticket minumum but the class
did not care to rely upon the re-sponse
of the school solely and so
are hosting the Twin City Young
.People.
THE BETHEL CLARION
A bl-weekly campus newspaper.
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Published by students every other Tuesday
except In, July and August.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Editor-in-Chief Alice Schouweiler
Managing Editor David Carlson
Feature Editor Joyce E. Johnson
Sports Editor Bernard Hammerbeck
Reporters—David Moberg, Mary E. Hamlin, Mary Jenkins, Robert Christian-son,
Marilyn Peterson, Mary Ellen Lundquist, Gene Johnson, Art.
Circulation
Phyllis Karison
Doris Fanberg
Business Manager Gunnar Hoglund
Ass't Business Manager Harold Helsing
Editorial Advisor Miss Enid Platts
Business Advisor Dean Emery Johnson
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935, at the postoffice of St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
The Graceful
Art of Living
"You're Welcome"--
With Variations
How do you respond when some-body
thanks you for a gift or a
kind deed? Gracious acceptance of
gratitude is as much a part of good
breeding as saying "Thank you"
at the proper time.
Do you ever reply by saying,
"Uh-huh" or "Yes"? If so, what do
you mean—that you think the per-son
ought to be grateful? If he
says, "I'm much obliged to you,"
your "Uh-huh" implies, "Yes, you
ought to be; I've done a whole lot
for you." Don't acknowledge
thanks with a word of agreement.
The logical acknowledgment of
course, is "You're welcome," ac-companied
by a smile. If a stran-ger
thanks you for a courtesy, such
as opening a heavy door, you need
not even speak ; just incline your
head a little, and "look pleasant."
Among friends, though, you can
be less formal, and for variety
make some unaffected and truth-ful
remark. When a person thanks
you for a gift, say, "I'm glad you
like it, or "I hope you'll enjoy
using it." When thanked for some-thing
you have done, you might
answer, "I'm glad I could do it for
you," or "Oh, I really enjoyed mak-ing
it."
Always speak naturally. If you
try to be elegant and impressive,
you may trip yourself. You don't
want to be like a timid young man
who took a girl riding.. When he
brought her home and she told
him that she had enjoyed the ride,
he tried to quote something he had
read in a book; but the words got
tangled, so he answered, --4'0h, I
assure you, Miss Brown, the plea-sure
is all yours!" How much
better if he had said, simply,
"I enjoyed it, too."
DON'T RUSH AWAY
Buy A BRUSH Today
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Hair Brush
Nail Brush
Clothes Brush
They have bristles that will
stay. Though you use them
every day.
Agent, Mrs. G. Westmo
Will You Do It ?
Health is the greatest boon to
mankind. Like many other bless-ings,
it is best appreciated after it
is lost. Perhaps this is so because
the process of reclaiming it is te-dious
and expensive.
To keep your good health, how-ever,
costs little or nothing.
Fresh air is free.
It costs nothing to stand and to
sit correctly.
It costs little to keep the teeth
clean.
It costs little to make the pro-per
food selections.
It costs nothing to take a few
necessary exercises.
It costs nothing to chew one's
food thoroughly.
The Look
Two sayings of the Holy Scriptures
beat
Like pulses in the church's brow
and breast;
And by them we find rest in our
unrest,
And, heart-deep in salt tears, do
yet entreat,
God's fellowship as if on heavenly
seat.
The first is, JESUS WEPT, where-on
is prest
Full many a sobbing face that drops
its best
And sweetest waters on the record
sweet:
And one is where the Christ, de-nied
and scorned,
LOOK UPON PETER. Oh, to
render plain,
That look of sovran love and sov-ran
pain
Which He, who could not sin yet
suffered, turned
On him who could reject, but not
sustain!
The Savior looked on Peter. Ay,
no word,
No gesture of reproach: the hea-vens
serene,
Their thunders that way: the for-saken
Lord
Looked only on the traitor. None
record
What that look was, none guess;
for those who have seen
Wronged lovers loving through a
death-pang keen,
Or pale-cheeked martyrs smiling to
a sword,
Have missed Jehovah at the judge-ment-
call.
And Peter, from the height of blas-phemy,
— —
"I never knew this man"—did quail
and fall
As knowing straight THAT GOD,
and turned free
And went out speechless from the,
face of all,
And filled the silence, weeping
bitterly.
I think that look of Christ might
seem to say,
"Thou Peter! art thou, then, a
common stone
Which I at last must break my
heart upon,
For all God's charge to his high
angels may
Guard my foot better? Did I yes-terday
Wash thy feet, my beloved, that
they should run
Quick to deny me 'neath the morn-ing
sun?
And do thy kisses, like the rest,
betray?
The cock crows coldly—Go, and
manifest
A late contrition, but no bootless
fear;
For, when thy final need is dreari-est,
Thou shalt not be denied, as I am
here:
My voice to God and angels shall
attest,
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS MAN,
LET HIM BE CLEAR."
— Browning
It costs nothing to cultivate a
cheerful disposition.
It costs nothing to fill the mind
with good constructive thoughts.
FOR WHOM THE BELLS
TOLLED . .
Funeral services for Dallas West
who was brutally scalped for ring-ing
reveille at 5:30 in the morning
up at ye old Monastary.
WANTED:
A date for the J. S. before Easter.
Hurry applications to L. J.
—Pd. Adv.
YOU'RE JUST AN OL' SLOW-POKE:
Ditty to Gene, Bob, and Dale who
got there in time to be late Wed-nesday
night. Alibi-Ikes!
BATTLE ROYAL
Lois Nelson really tossed in the
sponge on the Nelson Melee the
other day. Eddie—you're all wet!
Wasn't he, Smoky?
OH MY! . . .
Rune Mentzer, the only Frosh the
Sophs hoped would score! (You
change baskets at the half, Rune!)
JOWL WIDE
Gussie sure gave Elwood a break
—a seven day vacation is nothing
to be "mumped about".
BEHIND ,BARRED DOORS:
Dale, didn't the imprisoned occu-pant
of the steward's office appre-ciate
your offering of bread and
jam?
CHANCED UPON
Ye editors in thrilling hunt chan-ced
upon a dusty alcove over in the
Seminary building. Judging by the
dust not one student in 50 is aware
or interested in existence of said
spot.
CUPID DRAFTED
Coach will soon instruct the
girls in archery—what with every
available male in the army, even
Cupid was drafted. Now the girls
can do their own dirty work!
"VISITATING" . , !
.."Yunk" got ideas from the Sem's
Jr. Pastors and joined the Jr. Dea-con's
in order to carry on visita-tion
work... He got home early last
Thursday nite, tho!
ANOTHER GOOD FELLOW . „ .
The Boarding Club gave its all to
welcome Verna into its "fellow"-
ship. Truman agonized visibly;
and went to the hospital the next
week.
HEAP BIG MEDICINE
Wheeled in by winds of ill-intent
Proposedly on mischief bent
The tide of terror reigned afar
Perfect score of health to mar.
Gertie went first with an appen-dectomy
Gene came next—plainly for all
to see..
Marguerite and Alpha and Tru-man
followed after,
Taking from Bethel the tinkle of
their laughter.
Nyquist got the chicken pox and
Gussie got the mumps,
Bersell and Elwood were quaran-tined,
but did not swell with
lumps,
The Dr. took the scalpel and went
to work on all
We expect to see them soon
roaming Bethel's hall.
ECHO FROM THE RABBLE .. .
SHOOT TO KILL —
CHIEF ASKME AND BRAVE
ILLTELL!
UGH—
CORRECTION:
In issue 11 of the CLARION there appeared an article on defense
bonds which was misleading. "Several" of the faculty have not purchased
$500 defense bonds. Dr. Hagstrom's patriotic purchase of two such bonds
confused the reporter.
However, all faculty members have invested in less expensive bonds,
doing their share in America's defense effort.
(Continued from page 1)
FACULTY — and PASTORS
Adolf Olson—was editor of "Al-pha
Beta Notes".
—Mr. Ernest Norstrom is at pre-sent
working for a mining Co. at
Copper Creek, Arizona.
—Martin Erickson was called
home last Wednesday on account
of his mother's illness.
EXCHANGES .
Tommy—"Pa, what's the board
of education?"
Mr. Figgs— "When I went to
school, it was a pine shingle."
A SHORT STORY
When a young man asked the
president of Oberlin College if he
could not take a shorter course,
the Pedagogue replied: "Oh yes,
but that depends upon what you
intend to make of yourself. When
God wants to make an oak, He
takes a hundred years, but when
He wants only a squash, He makes
it in three months."
WHEN WAR WILL END
Absolute knowledge I have none,
But my aunt's washerman's sis-ter's
son
Heard a policeman on his beat
Say to a laborer on the street
That he had a letter just last
week
Written in the finest Greek
From a Chinese coolie in Tim-buctoo
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Who said the Negroes in Cuba
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Of a colored man in a Texas town
Who got it straight from a circus
clown
That a man in Klondike heard
the news
From a gang of South American
Jews
About somebody in Borneo
Who heard a man who claimed to
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Of a swell society female fake
Whose mother-in-law will under-take
To prove that her seventh hus-band's
sister's niece
Had stated in a printed piece
That she has a son who has a
friend,
That knows when the war is go-ing
to end.
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THOUGHTS ARE PRAYERS
Certain thoughts are prayers.
There are moments when, what-ever
be the attitude of the body,
the soul is on its knees.
—Victor Hugo
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THE BETHEL CLARION
Page 3
A War Ago at Bethel
Name: Janet Lyth
N ickname: Butter-ball
Most enjoyed pastime: Sleeping
and eating.
Culinary treat: Roast beef.
Favorite lyric: "Tonight We
Love"
Characteristic saying: Man alive!
Most embarrassing moment:
That Thursday night at the girl's
dorm. Was I happy?
Most thrilling experience: The
trip back to school after Christ-mas
vacation.
Name: Willis Wessman.
Nickname: Willie
Most enjoyed pastime: Playing
"four horse"
Culinary treat: Cheeseburger on
Toast
Favorite lyric: "0 Marsch Bowien
Dein Lunde Gross"—Bach
Characteristic saying: You dope!
Most embarrassing moment:
That, tradegy at the Ober Boys'
Club.
Most. thrilling experience: Hunt-ing
pheasants witth Inge Larson.
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Name: Dorothy Nelson
Nickname: Dixie
Most enjoyed pastime: Reading
(between the lines)
Culinary treat: Potato chips
Favorite treat: "A String of
Pearls"
Most embarrassing moment:
Being politely informed by Miss
Nelson in the library while Pres.
Wingblade was there that from
now on Bethel boys and girls were
to keep their shoes and stockings
on.
Most thrilling experience: I have-n't
had any.
Miss Alice Anderson
Miss Alice Anderson, who joined
the office staff the first of this
semester is a Bethel Alumna. Af-ter
graduation from Bethel she
worked at Dunn and Bradstreet,
St. Paul. The past three years she
has been employed by the Swedish
Baptist General Conference office,
Chicago.
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Faculty Meet Around
the Coffee Cup.
Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Coach Bill Adam's Bethel hoop-sters
wound up their basketball
season in great fashion as they
swept through to two conference
wins on their two-day trip to Man-kota
and New Ulm where they en-countered
the Bethany JC quintet
and the Dr. Martin Luther cagers.
The Red and White downed the
Bethany club by a 70-31 count as
the Bethelites chalked up their de-cisive
win of the season.
The first half found the Bethany
boys putting up a desperate fight
against their obviously superior
opponents, and as a result the
score held to 27-13 at the halftime.
The Indians were not to be de-nied
their scoring spree, however,
and swept back with 27 points in
the third quarter and an additional
sixteen in the fourth to hit the
seventy mark.
Bethel's ace forward line of
"Shine" Swanson and "Pud" An-derson
accounted for a major por-tion
of the points as they collec-ted
25 points apiece. The fast-breaking
duo broke past the Beth-any
defenders repeatedly to score
at will, and displayed to the fans
the outstanding offensive forward
line in the conference.
Co-captain Truman Halvorsen
was lost to the game in the second
quarter when he was forced to
leave the game because of a broken
nose.
The Luther contest proved to be
anything but a breather for the
Indians as the Lutherites kept
within six points of the lead for
three quarters.
Leading the all star field, Willie
Wessman heads the scoring league
with a grand total of 294 points.
This score exceeds the closest run-ner
up by nearly one hundred
points to Willie, King of the Hemp.
Dick Braun was his closest rival
with a total of 200 points. Other
scores railed way behind the
Wessman frontier, headed by Nor-strom's
118 and Dischinger's 112.
Widen barely kept his head over
the backwash with a score of 92.
BADGERS JACKRABBITS
Wessman-294
200—Braun
Dischinger-112
118—Norstrom
Nelson-57
92—Widen
Anderson-42
65—Youngquist
Magnuson-27
48—Johnson H.
Lundberg-12
32—Bjelland
Olson-8
13—Friesenberg
7—MacDonald
The girl's scoring honors were
taken by Lily Olson with a high
score of 120; Dorothy Nelson was
runner up with a total of 99. La
Verne Lindberg paced the Tigers
with a high of 59.
*These statements are computed
merely on those figures available
and are based on those classes
whose schedules were finished
March 5.
Haddon Anderson carried the
brunt of the Bethel scoring attack
in the first half as he scored four-teen
points to give the Indians a
27-21 lead at the half.
Bethel hopes dropped in the third
quarter, however, when Gene Jdhn-son
and Anderson were both eject-ed
from the game via the personal
foul route. The sparkplug of the
Luther club, Grams, followed short-ly
after though, by the same route,
and the Luther attack was broken.
The Bethelites extended their lead
in the fourth quarter from a 37-31
score to a 57-39 final count by scor-ing
at will.
The Final conference standings
have not yet been released, but the
two final Bethel victories placed
the Bethel quint firmly in third
place with seven victories against
three defeats. Final standings and
conference scoring records are ex-pected
to be released next week.
BETHANY (31) (70) BETHEL
Mueller (2) (25) Swanson
Mulstad (1) (25) Anderson
Hogan (6) (7) Nyman
Hansen (15) (2) E. Johnson
Guldberg (6) Halvorsen
Substitutes for Bethany: Peterson
(1); for Bethel: Thompson (2), Ham-merbeck
(2), G. Johnson (2), Finke
(2), Bergerud (3).
DR. MARTIN
LUTHER (39) (57) BETHEL
Grams (9) (14) Swanson
Devin (7) (17) Anderson
Temple (11) (10) Nyman
Walz (5) (5) E. Johnson
Poetter (5) (2) Halvorsen
Substitutes gor Luther: Gutzke (2);
for Bethel: Thompsola (8), Bergerud
(1).
Not the least among the various
"sport" tournaments at Bethel are
the checker and chess tournaments
being played among the "wizards"
of the student body (and faculty).
One brave girl signed up but due
to lack of time and skill forfeited
her game to avoid embarrassment
by more skilled players.
The chess players are all out to
beat Dean Johnson, who has play-ed
the state champion to a tie. So
far Dean Johnson has been unde-feated,
but the rest of the players
are practicing for a victory.
Although play-offs for the check-er
tournament will be held in
about three weeks, the chess tour-ney
will last about two months.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
May 1—Fri.—Bethany Here
May 2—Sat.—Luther Here
May 9—Sat. Waldorf Here
May 11—Mon., Concordia, There
May 16—Sat. A. M. Bethany "
May 16—Sat. P. M. Luther "
May 18 Mon., Waldorf
May 25—Mon. Concordia, Home
To be Scheduled.—. Non Conf.
Apr. 24—Fri.—Blake There
May 4—Mon.—Blake Here
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Worthington 9 0
Concordia 8 2
BETHEL 7 3
Austin 5 5
Rochester 5 6
Albert Lea 4 6
Luther 3 7
Bethany 0 11
Last Trip
Made Merry
Team Member Tells All:
His last words, uttered dogmati-cally,
were, "We're pulling out at
two o'clock sharp so be here on
time!" Truman, true to precedent,
arrived five minutes after two.
We played collegiate and gave
each town we passed thru, three
hearty cheers. (We needed the air
as much as the towns did!) Be-sides
Gordy Johnson's car has a pe-culiar
way of overheating as it
nears a town. A fifteen minute
stop is always in order, as are re-freshments.
Our first stop was Bethany. The
comforts of home . . . . waitresses
and, well, what else do you want?
Gene Johnson discovered someone
with a "good back-hand". (Did
Gene drop his manners again?
Fresh!)
After the game, easily won by
Bethel with a score of 70-31, Coach
treated us all to lunch. Gene John-son
missed the elevator and had to
walk down the 186 steps.
"Now listen, you fellows, get to
bed by eleven o'clock." By eleven
thirty Finke was pounding on the
piano, "Pud" was blowing the trum-pet,
and everybody was singing.
We did look queer in bed with our
shoes on when Coach dashed in!
Eight bells failed to rouse Braun
Saturday morning and so a few am-bitious
lads trudged down to the
dining hall. It was good toast, too.
Under critical observation, Finke's
car proved to be in the pink of con-dition.
Following a steak dinner we left
for Luther at New Ulm. Gordy's
car got cantankerous twice again
on the way. Gene Johnson wrote
post cards while the rest of us
toured the Luther campus.
The game over, "Pud" and Gene
made a couple of conquests and
then we all—most of us anyway-ordered
pie. (Oh joyful moment of
freedom from the tyranny of train-ing
rigor! ) Finke's .car purred a-long
fitly on the return trip and his
riders returned without incident;
Gordy's car "warmed up" and we of
necessity stopped for a "frozen
malted" to cool off.
Thus to close another season's
basketball play.
Baseball Practice
According to announcement made
by Coach Adam, baseball practice
will officially begin on April 13.
However, those fellows interested
in this sport will work out inside
until that time. There are many
vacancies this year, reports Coach
Adam, and he wants everybody in-terested
to be sure to turn out.
Frosh Prove
Superiority
As a climactical effort before an-tra-
mural play off the traditional
Freshman-Sophomore game was
played to a gallery of dispairing
Sophomores and jublilant though
often bored Freshmen.
"Fish" Lawrence paced the
Freshman to such a gigantic first
quarter lead that it seemed im-impossble
for the Sophs to work up
an interesting game.
However, Swanson returned af-ter
the half in fine form and spurr-ed
his team mates on to a greater
effort so that only scarcity of time
prevented a close game—in about
the sixth quarter.
Swanson was high man for both
teams with nine field goals and five
free throws; a total of 23 points.
Lawrence came second with 18
buckets. Gene Johnson placed third
with a total of eleven points.
Gene Nyman icoached the victors;
Eddie Nelson the vanquished.
FROSH (57) .. (35) SOPHS
Anderson (10) (2) Wessman
Lawrence (18) Braun
Johnson G. (6) (4) Norstrom
Bergerud (4) (6) Hammerbeck
Johnson E. (11) (23) Swanson
Larson (8)
Substitutes: Hails, Larson, Ment-zer,
and Johnson.
Roland Gustafson, referee.
Scoreboard Data
Forward Glenn Swanson captur-ed
scoring honors for the 1941-'42
basketball season according to scor-ing
figures recently released.
Swanson caged 115 field goals and
fifteen free throws for a total of
245 points during the season's fif-teen
contests.
Next in line in scoring honors
was Co-captain Gene Nyman who
tallied 166 points from his center
position. Haddon Anderson was
third with 126 points.
The free throw department
proved to be the weakspot in the
Bethel scoring punch as the team
caged only 96 throws out of 207
chances for a percentage of .464.
Gene Nyman led in this department
with 32 points out of 58 chances
for a .552 percentage.
Gene Johnson captured "badman
honor" when he was charged with
41 fouls during the fifteen games.
There were 234 fouls charged
against the entire time.
The season's record is as follows
showing field goals, free throws
made, free throws attempted, fouls
committed, and total points.
FG FTM FTA PF TP
Swanson .... 115 15 43 26 245
Nyman 65 32 58 36 166
Anderson 55 16 40 36 126
E. Johnson 28 10 21 41 66
Laurence 17 5 10 19 39
Halvorsen 17 4 7 28 38
Thompson 9 2 7 12 20
Hammerbeck 7 5 6 7 19
Bergerud 1 5 10 6 7
Gustafson 3 0 1 4 6
Finke 2 1 2 15 5
G. Johnson . 1 1 2 4 3
— — — — —
Totals 322 96 207 234 740
Bethel Quintet Victors
Over Bethany and Luther
Anderson and Swanson Get 2 5 Points
In Wind-up Game of Current Season
Intramural Scoring Checkers & Chess

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THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XXI. No. 12 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) March 11, 1942
Plea for Clean Halls
"If you throw paper on the
floor at home, do so here. We
want you to be happy!"
Thus read a scrawled notice in
the CLARION office. It stayed pin-ned
to the bulletin board two
months. By that time the editors
felt sufficiently reprimanded—and
sure that they would not violate
common courtesy again—and so
removed the sign.
Bethel's student body is in need
of the same reprimand. Next time
you tear or wad paper and drop it
on the floor in the hall think of the
aforesaid notice and act as your
conscience dictates.
ILife5 bapbreaming
All Paths Lead Upward IF We Keep the Faith
Two peasants sat on the sand dunes watching the moon
one night. It sailed through the dark sky, a golden balloon, and
they began to wonder how large it was, if its field were rich
and its rivers deep.
"It is large," the legend tells us one peasant said. "So large
that it is huge as the king's domain."
"That is large indeed," the other answered, and thought of
the palaces and villages and farms which the great king ruled.
"If I were rich enough to own the moon, ah, that would be won-derful!
I would not keep it all to myself, however. Unto you
and your sons I would give one-half of it."
"You would be kind," the other answered. "And which
would be my half?"
"The western, I think."
Overheard In An Orchard
Said the Robin to the Sparrow:
"I should really like to know
Why those anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so?"
Said the Sparrow to the Robin:
"Friend I think that it must be
That they have no Heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me."
—Elizabeth Cheney
"But I prefer the eastern!"
"But that is the part I have reserved for myself and my
sons!"
They began to quarrel. The first peasant accused the sec-ond
of stealing his land—the golden acres on the watching moon
—and the second killed him for it. Quarreling over the moon!
It is a sad and ridiculous story, yet we waste so much of our
time in useless endeavors to claim something that is not ours.
There are visions enough, dreams and ambitions and hopes
enough, to satisfy the whole world. We would not take a cherry
pie or a- string of blue beads away from another, but we seem
to have no compunction so often we step on a heart. Always
one can make another pie or buy a handful of beads for re-stringing,
but when a heart is hurt it takes much ointment to
make it well.
We get back our mete as we measure an old poem tells us.
When we are jealous the unhappiness permeates our minds and
our work. It stamps us. When we walk light-hearted—light-heart-ed
though the way is hard and a sorrow or two may be there—
because we know that all paths lead upward if we keep the
faith, we shall not have time to deplore our lot in comparison
with another's. How does the girl who writes cooking stories
know that she would like to interview people?
Oh, the great joy of trying always to be kind and thoughtful
of others! And how much grief one makes for himself and
those about him when he is unjust!
We are responsible only for that which we have, that which
we do. If we measure up we shall be rewarded royally whether
we lived in a world whose horizons were far-flung or were
bounded by the country lanes that surrounded the prairie
village.
Don't cry for the other side of the moon! Make a garden in
your own patch and watch the flowers grow!
"And if the Dream Is Good and True and Fine, We Shall Come
Singing Over the Ocean or Up the Hills to the Last Far City."
We give our lives for a dream and never mind the price.
We toss the torch to the one who rides after us, wave a gay
farewell, and turn to the strange road, not afraid of the many
A War Ago at Bethel
The CLARION was not the
CLARION at all it was called "The
Bethel Herald," "Acorn" ock "Sem
inarie-Posten" forenade.
Linus Johnson wrote the first
article in the March 1918 number.
It was called "Den Uppstandne
Kristus".
J. G. Johnson and Fred Moberg
also contributed numbers to var-ious
1917-18 issues.
DID YOU EVER THINK—
A match has a head but no face.
A watch has a face but no head.
A river has a mouth but no ton-gue.
A wagon has a tongue but no
mouth,
An umbrella has ribs but no
trunks.
A tree has a trunk but no ribs.
A clock has hands but no arms.
A rooster has a comb but no
hair.
A rabbit has hair, but no comb.
Odd, isn't it?
--ex.
UNDER PERSONALS
—Spring is here. Have you tho't
of joining the Garden Club yet?
ADVERTISERS:
S. Berglund Lumber Co. is the
only firm that advertised with the
CLARION then and . . .Now.
ATHLETICS .
Bethel sponsors a UNIFORMED
football team—but INTEREST was
lacking!
(Continued on page 3)
windings and the welcome at
the last gate if it has been a
worthy cause in which we
fought and our consciences have
been at peace.
There was Jane Addams, who
gave her life to the children in
the slums of Chicago. She could
have had no fear as she saw
the familiar doorways forever
.losing. There was Florence
Nightingale, who put away all
thought of self as she went into
the Crimea, cleaned out the
military hospitals, and took care
of the soldiers so well that the
officials decided that women
might go freely into hospitals to
render aid in time of war.
There have been so many hun-dreds
of missionaries who have
followed the pattern of the One
who went about Galilee and
Samaria, preaching, teaching
and healing that the road on
'rhich they come to the city of
many mansions must be always
echoing to the footsteps of
somebody coming. Perhaps
they sight one another down the
way.
There is something royal and
kind and wonderful about being
a Christian who serves God and
humanity well. Death loses its
terror, little though we wish to
die until we have fulfilled our
place in this world and exper-ienced
its joys and sorrows,
good pain and merry laughter.
Sometimes I wonder if Christ-ians
.see one another coming in,
and if those who have been
there a long time watch at the
gates for the people they used
to love.
We have home-comings of
great joy, now, when families
get together after a long absen-ce,
or classes hold reunions on
the campuses where the star-light
once shifted on a vision's
dawn and a dream's ending.
How much more wonderful it
will be to be reunited in a city
of unending joy and unending
separation!
We give our lives for a
dream! And if the dream is
good and true and fine, we shall
come singing over the ocean or
up the hills to the last far city.
Back in 1920 there were wo-men
who picketed the White
House, went to jail and con-ducted
hunger strikes because
they believed that women
should have the right to vote.
We admire their courage, but,
after all, it was only a transient
thing they sought. Ours is a
higher mission. We seek the
right to lead all people into a
kingdom where the children' of
the King have equal rights.
We seek the right to fight in a
cause which will make men and
women better citizens in the
kingdom of heaven.
—by Helen Welshimer
Frosh Sponsor
Skating Party
Monday, March 16, the Oxford
Roller Rink has been reserved by
the freshman class to sponsor a
roller skating party for the Twin
City Baptist Young People and the
Bethel student body. Rune Ment-zer
is in charge of the affair.
Only those holders of reserved
tickets will be allowed admittance
by the management. The class will
realize a ten cent profit on each
ticket sold. The purchaser will pay
ten cents to the seller—and twenty
three cents at the gate.
Skating will be possible during
the hours 7:30-10:30 p. m. Special
musical numbers will be played on
the electric organ upon request.
Freshman selling tickets are:
Elbert Walker, Charlotte Sandin,
Mary Ellen Lundquist, and Rune
Mentzer. Others are selling to
various churches,
The rink is reserved for a hun-dred
ticket minumum but the class
did not care to rely upon the re-sponse
of the school solely and so
are hosting the Twin City Young
.People.
THE BETHEL CLARION
A bl-weekly campus newspaper.
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Published by students every other Tuesday
except In, July and August.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Editor-in-Chief Alice Schouweiler
Managing Editor David Carlson
Feature Editor Joyce E. Johnson
Sports Editor Bernard Hammerbeck
Reporters—David Moberg, Mary E. Hamlin, Mary Jenkins, Robert Christian-son,
Marilyn Peterson, Mary Ellen Lundquist, Gene Johnson, Art.
Circulation
Phyllis Karison
Doris Fanberg
Business Manager Gunnar Hoglund
Ass't Business Manager Harold Helsing
Editorial Advisor Miss Enid Platts
Business Advisor Dean Emery Johnson
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935, at the postoffice of St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Warhoop by Wahoo
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
The Graceful
Art of Living
"You're Welcome"--
With Variations
How do you respond when some-body
thanks you for a gift or a
kind deed? Gracious acceptance of
gratitude is as much a part of good
breeding as saying "Thank you"
at the proper time.
Do you ever reply by saying,
"Uh-huh" or "Yes"? If so, what do
you mean—that you think the per-son
ought to be grateful? If he
says, "I'm much obliged to you,"
your "Uh-huh" implies, "Yes, you
ought to be; I've done a whole lot
for you." Don't acknowledge
thanks with a word of agreement.
The logical acknowledgment of
course, is "You're welcome," ac-companied
by a smile. If a stran-ger
thanks you for a courtesy, such
as opening a heavy door, you need
not even speak ; just incline your
head a little, and "look pleasant."
Among friends, though, you can
be less formal, and for variety
make some unaffected and truth-ful
remark. When a person thanks
you for a gift, say, "I'm glad you
like it, or "I hope you'll enjoy
using it." When thanked for some-thing
you have done, you might
answer, "I'm glad I could do it for
you," or "Oh, I really enjoyed mak-ing
it."
Always speak naturally. If you
try to be elegant and impressive,
you may trip yourself. You don't
want to be like a timid young man
who took a girl riding.. When he
brought her home and she told
him that she had enjoyed the ride,
he tried to quote something he had
read in a book; but the words got
tangled, so he answered, --4'0h, I
assure you, Miss Brown, the plea-sure
is all yours!" How much
better if he had said, simply,
"I enjoyed it, too."
DON'T RUSH AWAY
Buy A BRUSH Today
Tooth Brush
Hair Brush
Nail Brush
Clothes Brush
They have bristles that will
stay. Though you use them
every day.
Agent, Mrs. G. Westmo
Will You Do It ?
Health is the greatest boon to
mankind. Like many other bless-ings,
it is best appreciated after it
is lost. Perhaps this is so because
the process of reclaiming it is te-dious
and expensive.
To keep your good health, how-ever,
costs little or nothing.
Fresh air is free.
It costs nothing to stand and to
sit correctly.
It costs little to keep the teeth
clean.
It costs little to make the pro-per
food selections.
It costs nothing to take a few
necessary exercises.
It costs nothing to chew one's
food thoroughly.
The Look
Two sayings of the Holy Scriptures
beat
Like pulses in the church's brow
and breast;
And by them we find rest in our
unrest,
And, heart-deep in salt tears, do
yet entreat,
God's fellowship as if on heavenly
seat.
The first is, JESUS WEPT, where-on
is prest
Full many a sobbing face that drops
its best
And sweetest waters on the record
sweet:
And one is where the Christ, de-nied
and scorned,
LOOK UPON PETER. Oh, to
render plain,
That look of sovran love and sov-ran
pain
Which He, who could not sin yet
suffered, turned
On him who could reject, but not
sustain!
The Savior looked on Peter. Ay,
no word,
No gesture of reproach: the hea-vens
serene,
Their thunders that way: the for-saken
Lord
Looked only on the traitor. None
record
What that look was, none guess;
for those who have seen
Wronged lovers loving through a
death-pang keen,
Or pale-cheeked martyrs smiling to
a sword,
Have missed Jehovah at the judge-ment-
call.
And Peter, from the height of blas-phemy,
— —
"I never knew this man"—did quail
and fall
As knowing straight THAT GOD,
and turned free
And went out speechless from the,
face of all,
And filled the silence, weeping
bitterly.
I think that look of Christ might
seem to say,
"Thou Peter! art thou, then, a
common stone
Which I at last must break my
heart upon,
For all God's charge to his high
angels may
Guard my foot better? Did I yes-terday
Wash thy feet, my beloved, that
they should run
Quick to deny me 'neath the morn-ing
sun?
And do thy kisses, like the rest,
betray?
The cock crows coldly—Go, and
manifest
A late contrition, but no bootless
fear;
For, when thy final need is dreari-est,
Thou shalt not be denied, as I am
here:
My voice to God and angels shall
attest,
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS MAN,
LET HIM BE CLEAR."
— Browning
It costs nothing to cultivate a
cheerful disposition.
It costs nothing to fill the mind
with good constructive thoughts.
FOR WHOM THE BELLS
TOLLED . .
Funeral services for Dallas West
who was brutally scalped for ring-ing
reveille at 5:30 in the morning
up at ye old Monastary.
WANTED:
A date for the J. S. before Easter.
Hurry applications to L. J.
—Pd. Adv.
YOU'RE JUST AN OL' SLOW-POKE:
Ditty to Gene, Bob, and Dale who
got there in time to be late Wed-nesday
night. Alibi-Ikes!
BATTLE ROYAL
Lois Nelson really tossed in the
sponge on the Nelson Melee the
other day. Eddie—you're all wet!
Wasn't he, Smoky?
OH MY! . . .
Rune Mentzer, the only Frosh the
Sophs hoped would score! (You
change baskets at the half, Rune!)
JOWL WIDE
Gussie sure gave Elwood a break
—a seven day vacation is nothing
to be "mumped about".
BEHIND ,BARRED DOORS:
Dale, didn't the imprisoned occu-pant
of the steward's office appre-ciate
your offering of bread and
jam?
CHANCED UPON
Ye editors in thrilling hunt chan-ced
upon a dusty alcove over in the
Seminary building. Judging by the
dust not one student in 50 is aware
or interested in existence of said
spot.
CUPID DRAFTED
Coach will soon instruct the
girls in archery—what with every
available male in the army, even
Cupid was drafted. Now the girls
can do their own dirty work!
"VISITATING" . , !
.."Yunk" got ideas from the Sem's
Jr. Pastors and joined the Jr. Dea-con's
in order to carry on visita-tion
work... He got home early last
Thursday nite, tho!
ANOTHER GOOD FELLOW . „ .
The Boarding Club gave its all to
welcome Verna into its "fellow"-
ship. Truman agonized visibly;
and went to the hospital the next
week.
HEAP BIG MEDICINE
Wheeled in by winds of ill-intent
Proposedly on mischief bent
The tide of terror reigned afar
Perfect score of health to mar.
Gertie went first with an appen-dectomy
Gene came next—plainly for all
to see..
Marguerite and Alpha and Tru-man
followed after,
Taking from Bethel the tinkle of
their laughter.
Nyquist got the chicken pox and
Gussie got the mumps,
Bersell and Elwood were quaran-tined,
but did not swell with
lumps,
The Dr. took the scalpel and went
to work on all
We expect to see them soon
roaming Bethel's hall.
ECHO FROM THE RABBLE .. .
SHOOT TO KILL —
CHIEF ASKME AND BRAVE
ILLTELL!
UGH—
CORRECTION:
In issue 11 of the CLARION there appeared an article on defense
bonds which was misleading. "Several" of the faculty have not purchased
$500 defense bonds. Dr. Hagstrom's patriotic purchase of two such bonds
confused the reporter.
However, all faculty members have invested in less expensive bonds,
doing their share in America's defense effort.
(Continued from page 1)
FACULTY — and PASTORS
Adolf Olson—was editor of "Al-pha
Beta Notes".
—Mr. Ernest Norstrom is at pre-sent
working for a mining Co. at
Copper Creek, Arizona.
—Martin Erickson was called
home last Wednesday on account
of his mother's illness.
EXCHANGES .
Tommy—"Pa, what's the board
of education?"
Mr. Figgs— "When I went to
school, it was a pine shingle."
A SHORT STORY
When a young man asked the
president of Oberlin College if he
could not take a shorter course,
the Pedagogue replied: "Oh yes,
but that depends upon what you
intend to make of yourself. When
God wants to make an oak, He
takes a hundred years, but when
He wants only a squash, He makes
it in three months."
WHEN WAR WILL END
Absolute knowledge I have none,
But my aunt's washerman's sis-ter's
son
Heard a policeman on his beat
Say to a laborer on the street
That he had a letter just last
week
Written in the finest Greek
From a Chinese coolie in Tim-buctoo
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Who said the Negroes in Cuba
knew
Of a colored man in a Texas town
Who got it straight from a circus
clown
That a man in Klondike heard
the news
From a gang of South American
Jews
About somebody in Borneo
Who heard a man who claimed to
know
Of a swell society female fake
Whose mother-in-law will under-take
To prove that her seventh hus-band's
sister's niece
Had stated in a printed piece
That she has a son who has a
friend,
That knows when the war is go-ing
to end.
Anon.
ADDS . . One ad ran:
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THOUGHTS ARE PRAYERS
Certain thoughts are prayers.
There are moments when, what-ever
be the attitude of the body,
the soul is on its knees.
—Victor Hugo
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THE BETHEL CLARION
Page 3
A War Ago at Bethel
Name: Janet Lyth
N ickname: Butter-ball
Most enjoyed pastime: Sleeping
and eating.
Culinary treat: Roast beef.
Favorite lyric: "Tonight We
Love"
Characteristic saying: Man alive!
Most embarrassing moment:
That Thursday night at the girl's
dorm. Was I happy?
Most thrilling experience: The
trip back to school after Christ-mas
vacation.
Name: Willis Wessman.
Nickname: Willie
Most enjoyed pastime: Playing
"four horse"
Culinary treat: Cheeseburger on
Toast
Favorite lyric: "0 Marsch Bowien
Dein Lunde Gross"—Bach
Characteristic saying: You dope!
Most embarrassing moment:
That, tradegy at the Ober Boys'
Club.
Most. thrilling experience: Hunt-ing
pheasants witth Inge Larson.
C. G. JOHNSON
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Name: Dorothy Nelson
Nickname: Dixie
Most enjoyed pastime: Reading
(between the lines)
Culinary treat: Potato chips
Favorite treat: "A String of
Pearls"
Most embarrassing moment:
Being politely informed by Miss
Nelson in the library while Pres.
Wingblade was there that from
now on Bethel boys and girls were
to keep their shoes and stockings
on.
Most thrilling experience: I have-n't
had any.
Miss Alice Anderson
Miss Alice Anderson, who joined
the office staff the first of this
semester is a Bethel Alumna. Af-ter
graduation from Bethel she
worked at Dunn and Bradstreet,
St. Paul. The past three years she
has been employed by the Swedish
Baptist General Conference office,
Chicago.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Coach Bill Adam's Bethel hoop-sters
wound up their basketball
season in great fashion as they
swept through to two conference
wins on their two-day trip to Man-kota
and New Ulm where they en-countered
the Bethany JC quintet
and the Dr. Martin Luther cagers.
The Red and White downed the
Bethany club by a 70-31 count as
the Bethelites chalked up their de-cisive
win of the season.
The first half found the Bethany
boys putting up a desperate fight
against their obviously superior
opponents, and as a result the
score held to 27-13 at the halftime.
The Indians were not to be de-nied
their scoring spree, however,
and swept back with 27 points in
the third quarter and an additional
sixteen in the fourth to hit the
seventy mark.
Bethel's ace forward line of
"Shine" Swanson and "Pud" An-derson
accounted for a major por-tion
of the points as they collec-ted
25 points apiece. The fast-breaking
duo broke past the Beth-any
defenders repeatedly to score
at will, and displayed to the fans
the outstanding offensive forward
line in the conference.
Co-captain Truman Halvorsen
was lost to the game in the second
quarter when he was forced to
leave the game because of a broken
nose.
The Luther contest proved to be
anything but a breather for the
Indians as the Lutherites kept
within six points of the lead for
three quarters.
Leading the all star field, Willie
Wessman heads the scoring league
with a grand total of 294 points.
This score exceeds the closest run-ner
up by nearly one hundred
points to Willie, King of the Hemp.
Dick Braun was his closest rival
with a total of 200 points. Other
scores railed way behind the
Wessman frontier, headed by Nor-strom's
118 and Dischinger's 112.
Widen barely kept his head over
the backwash with a score of 92.
BADGERS JACKRABBITS
Wessman-294
200—Braun
Dischinger-112
118—Norstrom
Nelson-57
92—Widen
Anderson-42
65—Youngquist
Magnuson-27
48—Johnson H.
Lundberg-12
32—Bjelland
Olson-8
13—Friesenberg
7—MacDonald
The girl's scoring honors were
taken by Lily Olson with a high
score of 120; Dorothy Nelson was
runner up with a total of 99. La
Verne Lindberg paced the Tigers
with a high of 59.
*These statements are computed
merely on those figures available
and are based on those classes
whose schedules were finished
March 5.
Haddon Anderson carried the
brunt of the Bethel scoring attack
in the first half as he scored four-teen
points to give the Indians a
27-21 lead at the half.
Bethel hopes dropped in the third
quarter, however, when Gene Jdhn-son
and Anderson were both eject-ed
from the game via the personal
foul route. The sparkplug of the
Luther club, Grams, followed short-ly
after though, by the same route,
and the Luther attack was broken.
The Bethelites extended their lead
in the fourth quarter from a 37-31
score to a 57-39 final count by scor-ing
at will.
The Final conference standings
have not yet been released, but the
two final Bethel victories placed
the Bethel quint firmly in third
place with seven victories against
three defeats. Final standings and
conference scoring records are ex-pected
to be released next week.
BETHANY (31) (70) BETHEL
Mueller (2) (25) Swanson
Mulstad (1) (25) Anderson
Hogan (6) (7) Nyman
Hansen (15) (2) E. Johnson
Guldberg (6) Halvorsen
Substitutes for Bethany: Peterson
(1); for Bethel: Thompson (2), Ham-merbeck
(2), G. Johnson (2), Finke
(2), Bergerud (3).
DR. MARTIN
LUTHER (39) (57) BETHEL
Grams (9) (14) Swanson
Devin (7) (17) Anderson
Temple (11) (10) Nyman
Walz (5) (5) E. Johnson
Poetter (5) (2) Halvorsen
Substitutes gor Luther: Gutzke (2);
for Bethel: Thompsola (8), Bergerud
(1).
Not the least among the various
"sport" tournaments at Bethel are
the checker and chess tournaments
being played among the "wizards"
of the student body (and faculty).
One brave girl signed up but due
to lack of time and skill forfeited
her game to avoid embarrassment
by more skilled players.
The chess players are all out to
beat Dean Johnson, who has play-ed
the state champion to a tie. So
far Dean Johnson has been unde-feated,
but the rest of the players
are practicing for a victory.
Although play-offs for the check-er
tournament will be held in
about three weeks, the chess tour-ney
will last about two months.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
May 1—Fri.—Bethany Here
May 2—Sat.—Luther Here
May 9—Sat. Waldorf Here
May 11—Mon., Concordia, There
May 16—Sat. A. M. Bethany "
May 16—Sat. P. M. Luther "
May 18 Mon., Waldorf
May 25—Mon. Concordia, Home
To be Scheduled.—. Non Conf.
Apr. 24—Fri.—Blake There
May 4—Mon.—Blake Here
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Worthington 9 0
Concordia 8 2
BETHEL 7 3
Austin 5 5
Rochester 5 6
Albert Lea 4 6
Luther 3 7
Bethany 0 11
Last Trip
Made Merry
Team Member Tells All:
His last words, uttered dogmati-cally,
were, "We're pulling out at
two o'clock sharp so be here on
time!" Truman, true to precedent,
arrived five minutes after two.
We played collegiate and gave
each town we passed thru, three
hearty cheers. (We needed the air
as much as the towns did!) Be-sides
Gordy Johnson's car has a pe-culiar
way of overheating as it
nears a town. A fifteen minute
stop is always in order, as are re-freshments.
Our first stop was Bethany. The
comforts of home . . . . waitresses
and, well, what else do you want?
Gene Johnson discovered someone
with a "good back-hand". (Did
Gene drop his manners again?
Fresh!)
After the game, easily won by
Bethel with a score of 70-31, Coach
treated us all to lunch. Gene John-son
missed the elevator and had to
walk down the 186 steps.
"Now listen, you fellows, get to
bed by eleven o'clock." By eleven
thirty Finke was pounding on the
piano, "Pud" was blowing the trum-pet,
and everybody was singing.
We did look queer in bed with our
shoes on when Coach dashed in!
Eight bells failed to rouse Braun
Saturday morning and so a few am-bitious
lads trudged down to the
dining hall. It was good toast, too.
Under critical observation, Finke's
car proved to be in the pink of con-dition.
Following a steak dinner we left
for Luther at New Ulm. Gordy's
car got cantankerous twice again
on the way. Gene Johnson wrote
post cards while the rest of us
toured the Luther campus.
The game over, "Pud" and Gene
made a couple of conquests and
then we all—most of us anyway-ordered
pie. (Oh joyful moment of
freedom from the tyranny of train-ing
rigor! ) Finke's .car purred a-long
fitly on the return trip and his
riders returned without incident;
Gordy's car "warmed up" and we of
necessity stopped for a "frozen
malted" to cool off.
Thus to close another season's
basketball play.
Baseball Practice
According to announcement made
by Coach Adam, baseball practice
will officially begin on April 13.
However, those fellows interested
in this sport will work out inside
until that time. There are many
vacancies this year, reports Coach
Adam, and he wants everybody in-terested
to be sure to turn out.
Frosh Prove
Superiority
As a climactical effort before an-tra-
mural play off the traditional
Freshman-Sophomore game was
played to a gallery of dispairing
Sophomores and jublilant though
often bored Freshmen.
"Fish" Lawrence paced the
Freshman to such a gigantic first
quarter lead that it seemed im-impossble
for the Sophs to work up
an interesting game.
However, Swanson returned af-ter
the half in fine form and spurr-ed
his team mates on to a greater
effort so that only scarcity of time
prevented a close game—in about
the sixth quarter.
Swanson was high man for both
teams with nine field goals and five
free throws; a total of 23 points.
Lawrence came second with 18
buckets. Gene Johnson placed third
with a total of eleven points.
Gene Nyman icoached the victors;
Eddie Nelson the vanquished.
FROSH (57) .. (35) SOPHS
Anderson (10) (2) Wessman
Lawrence (18) Braun
Johnson G. (6) (4) Norstrom
Bergerud (4) (6) Hammerbeck
Johnson E. (11) (23) Swanson
Larson (8)
Substitutes: Hails, Larson, Ment-zer,
and Johnson.
Roland Gustafson, referee.
Scoreboard Data
Forward Glenn Swanson captur-ed
scoring honors for the 1941-'42
basketball season according to scor-ing
figures recently released.
Swanson caged 115 field goals and
fifteen free throws for a total of
245 points during the season's fif-teen
contests.
Next in line in scoring honors
was Co-captain Gene Nyman who
tallied 166 points from his center
position. Haddon Anderson was
third with 126 points.
The free throw department
proved to be the weakspot in the
Bethel scoring punch as the team
caged only 96 throws out of 207
chances for a percentage of .464.
Gene Nyman led in this department
with 32 points out of 58 chances
for a .552 percentage.
Gene Johnson captured "badman
honor" when he was charged with
41 fouls during the fifteen games.
There were 234 fouls charged
against the entire time.
The season's record is as follows
showing field goals, free throws
made, free throws attempted, fouls
committed, and total points.
FG FTM FTA PF TP
Swanson .... 115 15 43 26 245
Nyman 65 32 58 36 166
Anderson 55 16 40 36 126
E. Johnson 28 10 21 41 66
Laurence 17 5 10 19 39
Halvorsen 17 4 7 28 38
Thompson 9 2 7 12 20
Hammerbeck 7 5 6 7 19
Bergerud 1 5 10 6 7
Gustafson 3 0 1 4 6
Finke 2 1 2 15 5
G. Johnson . 1 1 2 4 3
— — — — —
Totals 322 96 207 234 740
Bethel Quintet Victors
Over Bethany and Luther
Anderson and Swanson Get 2 5 Points
In Wind-up Game of Current Season
Intramural Scoring Checkers & Chess